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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
After Mets KO Arrieta, Madden's punchless Cubs need magic at Wrigley — 4h - JAKE ARRIETA JACOB DEGROM KYLE HENDRICKS JASON HAMMEL STEVEN MATZ NOAH SYNDERGAARD DANIEL MURPHY CHICAGO CUBS NEW YORK METS + more
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets still do not plan to bring Daniel Murphy back next season, despite huge playoffs: sources — It took Daniel Murphy six seasons to finally get to this point and he is not wasting any of it. — The Mets' second baseman has made the most of every opportunity in his first playoff experience.
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New York Post, Bleacher Report, MLB Trade Rumors, Amazin' Avenue and The Big Lead
Associated Press:
Power Plays: NLCS a Classic Clash Between Young Cubs, Mets
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Matt Harvey 'couldn't be more excited' about starting Game 1 of NLCS for Mets
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Baseball Prospectus, Amazin' Avenue, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Federal Baseball, Pinstripe Alley, Yahoo Sports and Let's Go Tribe
Matthew Cerrone / Metsblog:
Battle of the rebuilt franchises in the NLCS
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Brew Crew Ball, Amazin' Avenue and Baseball Prospectus
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
How the Cubs went from a mostly average team to a powerhouse
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Scott Stinson / National Post:
Toronto Blue Jays ace David Price fails to exorcize playoff demons after seventh-inning explosion from Kansas City Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The playoff monkey on his back was gravely wounded, but David Price could not finish it off. — A seventh-inning explosion from the Royals instead turned around …
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Robert MacLeod / Globe and Mail:
Royals take 2-0 lead over the Blue Jays in ALCS — Baseball can be a cruel game, a lesson that was hammered home to David Price in a forceful fashion by the Kansas City Royals here on Saturday afternoon. — Cruising along on a one-hitter and a three-run lead - and having retired 18 straight Royals' batters …
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Robert MacLeod / Globe and Mail:
Royals beat Blue Jays 6-3 in Game 2 of ALCS — The second game of the American League Championship Series between the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays began just after 4 p.m. (EST) on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals lead the best-of-seven playoff series 1-0. — First Inning - Score: 0-0
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Royals Review and Brew Crew Ball
George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees fire hitting coach Jeff Pentland — TORONTO — When the Yankees assemble in Tampa for spring training, they will have their third hitting coach in three years. — “I am not coming back,” Jeff Pentland told The Post Sunday from Arizona. “When I signed, I was told it was probably a one-year deal.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
$310M Dodgers go bust: What's the future for these 3 big names? — Clockwise from left: Don Mattingly, Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke — The Dodgers were a Hollywood blockbuster gone wrong. — The budget was bloated and the cast full of stars. But, ultimately, the script was not good enough.
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Nick Cafardo / BostonGlobe.com:
Who can generate power for the Red Sox? — The Sox were last among AL East teams in homers with 161 (15th overall), 71 fewer than the major league-leading Blue Jays.
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Federal Baseball, MLB Trade Rumors, Baseball Essential and Bleacher Report
Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Korean Righty Seung-Hwan Oh Interested In Move To MLB — Korean relief ace Seung-Hwan Oh has told his agents to explore a new contract with a Major League Baseball club, according to a report from Kyung-Don Joo and Yeong-Seok Lee report of the Korea JoongAng Daily.
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Bob Kravitz / WALV-TV:
Irsay feeling surprisingly good as the Patriots' Revenge Tour comes to Indy — INDIANAPOLIS - — This was Friday, and if owner Jim Irsay was nervous or shaking in his boots at the prospect of the New England Patriots' arrival here tonight, he wasn't showing it.
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Bob Raissman / New York Daily News:
A-Rod to work playoffs, World Series for Fox Sports: sources — Alex Rodriguez is going to the World Series. — The controversial Yankee will join Fox Sports' postseason baseball studio team, according to MLB sources. The announcement is expected to be made sometime Sunday.
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It's About The Money
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
There is no getting around it. The Rockies' bench was a bust this year. — The Denver Post — There is no getting around it. The Rockies' bench was a bust this year. — Utility infielder Daniel Descalso, outfielder Drew Stubbs and first baseman Wilin Rosario were counted on to be major contributors.
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MLB Trade Rumors and Purple Row
